Dangerously Sleepy Overworked Americans and the Cult of Manly Wakefulness |
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| Author:
| Derickson, Alan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8122-0877-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $59.95 |
Book Description:
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Dangerously Sleepy explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. Health and labor historian Alan Derickson charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation--and masculinization--of wakefulness in the United States.
Dangerously Sleepy explores the fraught relations between overwork, sleep deprivation, and public health. Health and labor historian Alan Derickson charts the cultural and political forces behind the overvaluation--and masculinization--of wakefulness in the United States.